brad
April 22nd, 2007, 11:09
Just had a lucky escape this evening, thought I would share it with you all.
Was heading home in late afternoon, traffic was medium so was giving the car the occasional squirt when the opportunity arose. At one point I noticed a VE SS commodore (big local sports car here in Aus - is going to be exported as new Pontiac G8 in US) behind me.
He seemed to be paying undue attention to me, so I slowed right down to see if he was a local law enforcement official. He seemed reluctant to pull alongside, but eventually did - I had a look over and he just looked like a regular guy. So I take off with the foot down and put some distance between us.
Sure enough though, he takes off too, and I'm thinking, "whats with this guy?". So I cut in and out of traffic for a bit, but hes still there. At this point I fear the worst. Sure enough, out come the blue and red flashing lights and he pulls me over.
His first words to me though are "Thats the second time I've heard that lovely exhaust note from your car, I've been following you since xxxx st." Goes on to explain that hes recorded me going quite a few kilometers over the limit, and that clearly I enjoy the torque of the rs4. The thing is, he cant keep this grin off his face - so I'm thinking "whats going to happen here?". In the end he basically tells me that I can accelerate as quick as I want, but - I should stop when I get to the speed limit. With that he starts walking back to his car.
I can't believe it, I go to walk back to my car, but then I hear him call me out, and I think "ok, here it comes". But what hes asking me is "Is that the car they had on Top Gear racing against the rock climbers?". To which I say yes. He then goes "Maybe it was beaten by the rock climbers but its still a magnificent car".
We leave each other all smiles. Cant believe my luck.
BTW - he was in uniform, how I didn't spot that when I glanced over still escapes me.
Was heading home in late afternoon, traffic was medium so was giving the car the occasional squirt when the opportunity arose. At one point I noticed a VE SS commodore (big local sports car here in Aus - is going to be exported as new Pontiac G8 in US) behind me.
He seemed to be paying undue attention to me, so I slowed right down to see if he was a local law enforcement official. He seemed reluctant to pull alongside, but eventually did - I had a look over and he just looked like a regular guy. So I take off with the foot down and put some distance between us.
Sure enough though, he takes off too, and I'm thinking, "whats with this guy?". So I cut in and out of traffic for a bit, but hes still there. At this point I fear the worst. Sure enough, out come the blue and red flashing lights and he pulls me over.
His first words to me though are "Thats the second time I've heard that lovely exhaust note from your car, I've been following you since xxxx st." Goes on to explain that hes recorded me going quite a few kilometers over the limit, and that clearly I enjoy the torque of the rs4. The thing is, he cant keep this grin off his face - so I'm thinking "whats going to happen here?". In the end he basically tells me that I can accelerate as quick as I want, but - I should stop when I get to the speed limit. With that he starts walking back to his car.
I can't believe it, I go to walk back to my car, but then I hear him call me out, and I think "ok, here it comes". But what hes asking me is "Is that the car they had on Top Gear racing against the rock climbers?". To which I say yes. He then goes "Maybe it was beaten by the rock climbers but its still a magnificent car".
We leave each other all smiles. Cant believe my luck.
BTW - he was in uniform, how I didn't spot that when I glanced over still escapes me.